my new chickens are not maken friends

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my new chickens are not maken friends
« on: May 08, 2009, 12:39 »
Hi all just looking for some advice. I have 7 warren hens/battery hens and they all get on with each other.. But i have a 2month old chick that i have reared from birth (first of 6 to be integrated), and I have to keep her separate from the warrens because they all keep ganging up on her/pecking at her etc. Where I have her now, she can see them clearly and they can see her. I have kept her separate for about a week now, and the warrens all cluster up outside her little enclosure no matter what the weather! Is this normal behaviour, will they ever accept her? What do people think I should do?

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Re: my new chickens are not maken friends
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2009, 12:46 »
For a chuck so young I would wait till you have all six and add them all together.  More targets for the established bird to get. Have more than one feed station and water station. Block any areas that a chick can get in but not out. Round any corners off.
« Last Edit: May 08, 2009, 14:36 by Roughlee Handled »
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Re: my new chickens are not maken friends
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2009, 14:34 »
yeah, Stuart's right - keep them separate for the time being.

It'll be hard when you integrate them anyway, because the oldies will feel like they're being upsurped.


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